Kwankwaso Shuns APC Convention, Visits Atiku

BEVERLY HILLS&comma; June 23&comma; &lpar;THEWILL&rpar; – A former Governor of Kano State and serving Senator&comma; Engineer Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso Saturday night paid a courtesy visit to former Vice President of Nigeria&comma; Atiku Abubakar at his residence in Asokoro&comma; Abuja whilst the national convention of his party&comma; All Progressives Congress&comma; APC&comma; was ongoing at the Eagles Square at the capital&period;

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THEWILL gathered that Kwankwaso arrived Atiku’s residence at about 8&period;30pm and went into a closed door meeting with the former Vice President&period; Both men met for about 45 minutes but details of their meeting&comma; were not disclosed&period;

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However&comma; a source with knowledge of the meeting said Kwankwaso’s visit was to pay Sallah homage to Atiku who was not in the country during the Eid El Fitr celebrations&period;

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The source said that both leaders also used the occasion of the visit to discuss the state of the nation&period;

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When contacted&comma; Media aide to Atiku&comma; Mazi Paul Ibe confirmed the visitation but declined to go into details of their meeting&period;

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Multiple calls to the senator’s cell phone were not acknowledged&period;

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Kwankwaso&comma; a member of the aggrieved new Peoples Democratic Party&comma; nPDP caucus of his party was one of the notable faces of the group that did not attend the convention&period;

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THEWILL had previously reported that the politician is interested in the presidency though he is yet to formally declare&period; Sources close to him told THEWILL that he is fighting for his political life having lost the APC structure in his state to incumbent governor&comma; Ganduje&period;

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Atiku&comma; who formally decamped from the APC back to the main opposition party&comma; Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; is a frontline presidential aspirant&period;